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Natalie
Blades Cooking with Elvis Hull Truck Tour 2004/05 |
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| "The
impersonator’s teenage daughter Jill partly narrates the story. She is chubby and obsessed with food. Mam brings home younger man Stuart, for her comfort, and the fun starts. Natalie Blades is outstanding as Jill. She gives a full and true voice to Lee Hall’s sharply poignant dialogue. Her monologues have a poetical insight." thestage.co.uk |
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| "Natalie
Blades brings a halo of warmth to Jill, radiating through a farcical moment when food and sex combine, Stuart's naked buttocks wobbling like uncertain blancmanges as he searches for a climax while Jill looks round him, Black Forest Gateau slice firmly in hand, to give a plot update. A peach, or Victoria Sponge, of a performance." reviewsgate.com |
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| "But
the star of the show ... was Natalie Blades as Jill ... certainly the character with the most depth - something that dragged this black comedy back from becoming a farce." [ Driffield Post ] |
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Kick in the Baubles "Natalie
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Matthew
Booth Our House Hull Truck Tour 2008 |
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| "Matthew
Booth as Jack, their son who becomes a writer, is excellent in both his anger and his diffidence ..." [ The Stage ] |
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Bouncers Hull Truck 30th Anniversary Tour 2007 " ... the 30th anniversary tour is a time for a celebration of Godber's talents, and this version must be one of the best there's ever been. Godber uses four actors all with experience of the Hull Truck mission of pursuing excellence as well as developing and retaining new audiences. They are strong both individually and collectively ... Matthew Booth is dependable as both Les and birthday girl Rosemary." britishtheatreguide.info/buxtonoperahousereview |
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Christopher
Brett Harlequin 24:7 Theatre Festival 2007 |
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"TOTALLY
gripping ... Mark Butt and Christopher Brett (are) uncertainly sinister as the captors." manchestereveningnews.co.uk |
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... a three-handed one-act play ... well played by a strong cast, Harlequin is a real treat." [ metro.co.uk ] |
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Mark
Butt Harlequin 24:7 Theatre Festival 2007 |
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"TOTALLY
gripping ... Mark Butt and Christopher Brett (are) uncertainly sinister as the captors." manchestereveningnews.co.uk |
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... a three-handed one-act play ... well played by a strong cast, Harlequin is a real treat." [ metro.co.uk ] |
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| Seeds
of Doubt 24:7 Theatre Festival 2006 |
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| "Rina
Silvermans play is about the heartbreaking plight of a pair of Albanian asylum seekers (convincingly played by Mark Butt ... )." [ uktheatre.net ] |
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| Cafe
Sinatra Cafe Society 2005 Nominated for 2005 M.E.N. Best Fringe Production Nominated for 2005 Buxton Fringe Festival Best Drama |
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... and Mark Butt as the FBI man, a consistently driving force through the play, determined to uncover the truth about Sinatra." [ Robbie Carnegie ] |
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| Miss
Julie Fringe |
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| "In
one of the finest displays of acting I have seen for some time, Jacqueline Hardy-Kinsella holds nothing back ... and begs Mark Butt's equally brilliantly presented Jean to love her." [ Julia Taylor, 5/5 stars ] |
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| "Plays
of this nature need a strong cast and John (Cunningham) has assembled just that in ... Mark Butt (Jean) ... " [ Rick Bowen, 5/5 stars ] |
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